biography
| name: |
Osceola
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also known as Powell
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pronunciation:
[oskeeohla]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1800–38)
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| biography:
| Seminole Indian leader, born in Georgia, USA. Although not a chief, he took the lead in opposing all efforts to remove the Seminole from their Florida homeland. His warriors' killing of a US agent in 1835 touched off the second Seminole War, and he led his people in actively resisting the Federal forces. He was seized under a flag of truce and imprisoned in Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, where he died. |
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